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The IE-35's Average Mode offers very powerful features that allow a user to create continuous or triggered averages of various types, as well as select the type of average (power average or arithmetic average) that best suits your measurement.
Continuous Average
In the RTA mode, tap on the "Average-A" stylus
button. The default condition for the stylus button below the Average
button is "Cont", which indicates that you will be starting
with a continuous average. When you tap the Average-A button, the
button text changes to "Count = X" where "X" is
the number of samples so far collected. You will see the sample number
increment as the number of automatically collected data samples increases.
A blue line will immediately form on the RTA screen, which is the
graphic representation of the average that is being collected. The
more samples collected, the slower this average display will change
as short duration acoustic events are encountered. The data sample
collection can be paused and resumed by tapping Pause/Resume stylus
button. The average curve can be captured into a scratch pad memory
by tapping any one of 9 scratch pad memory buttons.
Triggered Average
Tapping the "Cont" stylus button will switch it to "Trigger" where
the data samples for averaging are taken only when the user manually
triggers a sample by pressing the "Add" stylus button.
Arithmetic vs. Power Averaging The IE-35 performs two types of averaging. The Arithmetic Average (Average-A) does straight arithmetic averaging which is best used when you are viewing the RTA screen while doing active equalization or other dyanamic spectral adjustments. Power Average (Average-P) is most useful in measurements where the total power is more important, such as tranmission loss. Switching from Average-A to Average-P is done by tapping the "File/Preferences" menu.
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